Thursday, May 11, 2006


Day 11
Despite being determined to look carefully at all the angles, I still got it very wrong - but it was worth trying to fix up and adding paint helped. This is the Yarralumla Woolshed, a particularly grand example of a not uncommon farm structure - now used for bush dances and other functions as it has great character and a wonderful wooden dance floor, as well as a sheepy smell. The ramp for the sheep to run up is still there and, on the far right a drainage channel. The poo fell underneath and was regularly shovelled out by scout groups in latter years and sold as garden fertilizer. The pine trees are some of the few left in this area - only helicopter water bombing saved this historic (by Australian standards) building during the 2002 and 2003 bushfires. 3km return

3 comments:

Alison said...

Hi Katherine - thank you for the advertising on your blog - I have no idea how many people might be visiting. I'm in two minds about putting a counter on - Yes, Julie it's lovely to have some regulars - it does help to keep me motivated - if I leave it to late in the day, I think - Oh, I better go - mustn't let the team down :)

Julie Oakley said...

I love this - you've really found a variety of subject matter, and I really enjoy the background stories

Hashi said...

I have a TON of happy memories of folk dances at the Yarralumla Woolshed. It was a totally uncool thing to enjoy when I was a teenager, but what the heck, I loved it! I could strip-the-willow and dosey-do with the best of them. Ah, that old familiar stench of beer and sweat .....